Shloka 29
Gopī-Vipralambha: The Search for Kṛṣṇa and the Revelation of Divine Footprints
धन्या अहो अमी आल्यो गोविन्दाङ्घ्य्रब्जरेणव: । यान् ब्रह्मेशौ रमा देवी दधुर्मूध्र्न्यघनुत्तये ॥ २९ ॥
dhanyā aho amī ālyo govindāṅghry-abja-reṇavaḥ yān brahmeśau ramā devī dadhur mūrdhny agha-nuttaye
धन्य आहे गोविंदाच्या चरणकमळांची धूळ, जी पापनाशासाठी ब्रह्मा, शंकर आणि देवी रमा मस्तकी धारण करतात।
According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, who quotes from śāstra, each day in the late afternoon, as Kṛṣṇa returned from the cow pastures with His cowherd boyfriends, great demigods like Brahmā and Śiva would come down from heaven and take the dust of His feet.
FAQs
This verse declares that the dust from Govinda’s lotus feet is supremely purifying—so exalted that even Brahmā, Śiva, and Lakṣmī bear it on their heads to destroy sin.
In separation (viraha), the gopīs intensify their devotion by honoring every sign connected to Kṛṣṇa; praising His foot-dust expresses both their longing and their conviction that His presence purifies all.
Cultivate humility and remembrance of Kṛṣṇa by honoring what is connected to Him—His names, teachings, devotees, and sacred places—seeing devotion as the real purifier of the heart.